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Chapter 3 Setting Up ADM
To configure the appliance role for Collector
1TypeyesattheappliancerolepromptandpressEnter.
2TypetherolenumberandpressEnter.
3Ifyouselect1,youhavetoentertheCollectorIDofyourchoiceandpressEnter.Thedefaultvalueis100.
4TypetheAggregatorIPandpressEnter.
Theapplianceroleis
thencreated.Thisprocessmighttakesometime.
Post-Installation Steps
BeforeyoulogintotheADMconsole,clearthecacheofyourbrowsertopreventthepossibleappearanceof
incorrectinformationinthedisplays,applicationerrors,andothererrormessageswhenopeningtheADM.
Logging In to the ADM Console
Afteryoucompletetheapplianceinstallation,logintothesystembyusingthebrowserandperformthe
followingsteps:
1TypetheIPaddressofthemanagementapplianceintheaddressbarandclickGo.Theloginscreen
appears.
2TypeadminintheUsernamefieldanddefaultpassword123456inthePassword
field.
3ClickLogin.
Initiating Passive Discovery
OnlyonePassiveDiscoveryPolicyDefinitionispresentintheADM.ThefirsttimeyouuseADM,youmust
setupthepolicydefinitionandstartit.
To initiate Passive Discovery
1ClickManage,andthenselectthePassiveDiscoverymenu.
2 SelectthecomponentsonwhichADMperformsPassiveDiscoveryfromtheScopeComponentfield.
3Based
onyourselection,typetheappropriateIPinformation:
IPrange:UseNotationtotypeagroupofhostswithsimilarIPaddresses.Forexample,192.0.2.*
includesallhostswithIPsstartingwith192.0.2.Youcanalsosearchallhostsbytypinganasteriskin
eachfield.UseIPrangetoincludeagroupofhostswithinadefinedIP
range.
IP:Addasinglespecifichosttothegrouptoincludeorexcludefromthescope.
SubnetNetMask:ConfiguretheIPaddressscopebyprovidingthebasenetworkaddresswiththefull
dotteddecimalnotationforthesubnetmask,
SubnetSlashNotation:ConfiguretheIPaddressscopebyprovidingthebasenetworkaddresswith
theClasslessInter‐DomainRouting(CIDR)notationforthesubnetmask.
4ClickIncludetoincludethecomponentsinthediscoveryorExcludetoexcludethemfromit.
5RepeatStep 2throughStep 4foreachcomponentthatyouare
includingorexcludingfromdiscovery.
N
OTETheWindowsActiveCollectorroleisinstalledbyrunninganexecutableasdescribedin“Installing
WindowsCollector”onpage 20.
NOTEAdditionalADMUIadministratorsandthemorelimitedoperatorusersarelaterdefinedbythedefault
ADMadminuser.TheVMwarevCenterApplicationDiscoveryManagerUser’sGuideprovidesmoredetails.
IMPORTANTYoumightberequiredtouploadanewlicense.Beforeproceeding,reviewthecriteriaand
ifnecessary,performthestepsdescribedin“Licenses”onpage 39.
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